The man who takes on work That was never meant for him, Courts destruction, Like the monkey who took out the wedge from the log.
He whom fortune smiles on, Though unprotected, eludes destruction, But he who has luck against him, is done for, Even though he be well protected.
A wise man should never sacrifice big interests For smaller ones.
There is nothing in life that money cannot achieve, And so a wise man should be bent on increasing his wealth.
Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.
I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it. [These words are also inscribed upon his grave]
You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him. So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.
Time is a game played beautifully by children.
It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their way.
If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.
Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Heres Tom with the Weather.
The first duty of a man is to think for himself
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.